All drawings must follow industry-accepted standards of drafting. They should communicate the essential information quickly to readers unfamiliar with the contents of the document. recommended drafting practices include the following guidelines:
5 Essential Drafting Standards
- The 0-0 point must be clearly marked.
- Dimensioning arrows must not cross other dimensioning line.
- Object views or details will be given captions, centered and underlined beneath the object or view.
- Callouts will have reference arrows drawn at 45-degree angles.
- Dimensions given purely for reference must be so noted with the word, REF, beneath or after the number. Figure 1: Standard Drafting Views
Figure 2: Typical fabrication drawing and its various sections.
